Spaceballs: The Animated Series

Are there no new ideas left in Hollywood? Spaceballs was a 1987 parody of Star Wars, which isn’t the best thing that Mel Brooks has made. So I can’t say that I’m excited about this, but maybe Mel Brooks will prove me wrong:

‘Spaceballs’ Series Enters G4’s Orbit
Mel Brooks co-wrote the pilot and will voice two characters

“The Schwartz will be with G4. The cable network, which skews heavily towards young male viewers, has acquired the distribution rights to an animated series based on the popular Mel Brooks film “Spaceballs.” Production on “Spaceballs: The Animated Series” began in early 2005 with the participation of Brooksfilms Limited, MGM and Berliner Film Compane GmbH. Brooks and “Spaceballs” co-writer Thomas Meehan co-wrote the pilot and Meehan will either writer of oversee the writing on all 13 episodes which will premiere on G4 in the fall of 2007.”